Closed To Reach the Top(Oitera)

[Red Daghul]

Timestamp: 7th of fall, 512 AV

Legends come in all shapes and sizes many talk about a hero who starts out as nothing more then a lowly person looking for something more in the world. What if that desire is more then just a whim, but really something put inside of us. This tale as it might be called is about a young inartan girl who heart pushed her to reach for the highest point.

Leanna was young in the eyes of those who she served, for as a chiet there was little she was good at other then running messages between masters of trades for orders and things of the like. In truth it was more that they never looked deeper into the heart of who she was if only they had they might have seen a woman who stood by her hearts calling.

Everything started when Leanna was told she was finally told she was no good, a waste of space, and feeling the need to escape she took off desiring only to be left alone. Spotting a peak high above the reach she set off to find the top. Hours later the young girl now stood atop a cliff hundreds of feet in the sky. Longing for escape she let her tears fall down her face then down towards the Reach below, and when everything looked like it was going to end a small voice called to her through her mind saying "I choose you" the voice was gentle and that was the moment that changed Leanna's life.

Leanna found herself in adventure after adventure as a Endal, and she did what ever she could do to help those weaker, and of lower status. Her heart was pure, and her loyalty was a bright light for the inarta race.

The story ended and the youth around started to talk to each other as the younger kids ran around the girls pretending to be Leanna while the boys other Endal. It was quite a sight, and the old storyteller smiled as she started away. There were those though that chose to start trouble and a group like this now surrounded the weaker among them to joke and tease.

[Oitera]

Oitera was sitting silent in the ring of youths, thinking about Leanna. She couldn't believe the story, it couldn't be that easy to become an Eagle Rider. It just couldn't.
"I don't believe that story, it's just bullshit." She said, looking at the girl that was telling the story. Oitera wasn't the one that was quiet about what she thought and that had dragged her into troubles more than once, but she just couldn't shut up.
All of the kids in the rooms turned to look at her.
"Why don't you believe in it?" the girl who told the story asked.
"It can't be that easy" Oitera replied. She knew she should shut up, before she got into trouble, but she couldn't.
"It's not easy to climb that cliff!" The other girl said, conviced it wasn't.
"Whatever. I have to go now." Oitera stod up and walked away, still thinking about the story, very willing to believe that climbing the cliff would be what she had to do to become an Eagle Rier. Without thinking of it, she changed her course and started to walks against the cliff instead.

Well at the foot of the cliff, she had convinced herself that if this is what she have to do to prove herself worthy, she would do it. At any cost. She started to climb, trying to find the grips she needed to get to the top.

[Red Daghul]

Red kept to himself moving through the crowds, and of course he was dressed in his normal hunting garb with the red jerkin with a hood, and the black leather pants. As far as the dy had gone he had been asked to patrol the city keeping his eyes open for any oddities or dangers. This wasn't the most appealing job of the Endal, but then again it might be one of the most important.

The crowds around him seemed busy trying to get to where ever their goals took them, but in a sea of so many so times it is like trying to fly through a cloud you can't quite see where you are headed you only hope you are still heading it of it. With the crowds as they were, and the noise of the day Red was starting to feel the need to escape out of the mass.

Taking a little turn the Endal drove himself out of the current which wasn't as hard for him as many people saw he was of the endal caste and moved out of his way. The talon sword might have helped as it rested at his side ready in case of any kind of emergency. Feeling a peace sweep over him as he left the crowd Red leaned against a wall bordom taking over as he let go a sigh. Desire dictated that he should be in the sky with Daghul flying among the currents of air not on the ground moving through crowds.

It was just as Red turned to start moving away from the wall he rested on when three kids with a concerned look on their face. "Sir, please she trying to climb" one said while another went into detail "the story of Leanna" but before the Endal could listen in to more of that story another spoke up "she climbing the cliff and doesn't know how" the one girl pointed, and with that Red scanned the cliff face spotting the girl.

With out a second thought Red sent Daghul a urgent warning to come as quickly as possible.

[Oitera]

When Oitera looked up, she saw that the way up had decreaced, she had to be at last a third of the hight from the top! Without thinking she looked down, wich was a mistake since she wasn't used to that kind of heights while trying to hold to very small stone pieces in a cliff. For the fourth time, she feel but this time it was from a much greater height! The first time was just one or two meters and she didn't get any other injuries than a couple of small marks on her hands.
The second time wasn't much higher, maybe two or three meters but she wasn't prepared for it and landed on her back. The second time Oitera was very close to give up, but she didn't, which she regretted now when she was falling.
The third time she had rather jumped than fallen and she'd landed on her feet. She hadn't gotten much greater damages than the first time, maybe it hurted more in her feet. But that wasn't a surprise.
But now, the fourth time, she didn't jump and it wasn't just a couple of meters. She could just hope it didn't hurt to much. Now afterwards she regretted not to bail out, but she knew that even if she'd known this was going to happen, she would've done it again.
Trying to spin around in the air, she succeded to turn so that her side was facing the ground, not her back. Now she could only wait for the landing and hope it was her lucky day.

[Red Daghul]

The Endal was on used time as he put forth extreme effort to reach Daghul, but even with the power of the Wind Eagle it was clear that there wasn't enough time to land and make ready. It was then on to plan "b" which always seem just a bit more adventurous to the Endal then plan "a" leaping out from the edge of the Reach over the deep hole that was the volcano Red put everything on the line.

Wind ripped through his braided hair as the inartan man fell from the sky into the depths of what was surely going to be his death, but then again there was the fact that this inartan was a Endal, and had a friend who was more then capable in mastering a fall. The Wind Eagle speed down towards Red just as he started to fall giving the Endal a chance to grab hold, and then with his power wings he thundered as he pushed the air under them sending the two flying like a arrow towards the cliffs Indicated by the other children.

As the Endal came close it just so happened that he was able to catch sight of the girl, and was surprised to see she had done fairly well at her climb even though she had some ways to go before she reached the top. The girl didn't look a day older then 17, and was quite determined looking as she reached forth to grab the next hold.

'What can I say the girl has guts' Red sent to Daghul who circled around so The Endal could watched the girl 'though I'm not entirely sure she understands what she is doing' he added as he watched the girl feel around for the grip that he was sure she wouldn't find the way she was going about it. At the height she was at she better be careful.

That's when it happened her hand slipped and the girl started to make the downward fall. It didn't take a moment for Daghul to act, and both the rider and bird moved together darting forth towards what would surely be the death of the girl if she hit the ground. The bird reached out with his talons ever sharp, but hopefully they could get her with out any cuts, and slowly gripping her (at least as slow as he felt he could go) and with his wings he opened slowing the fall. It wasn't going to be a graceful landing.

Daghul hit the ground with still evident force, but used one talon to at least find something to girp to while Red jumped and rolled to ward off some damage though he was pretty sure that he was going to be sore for a few days. Looking around Red released the breath he had unknowingly been holding and stood up walking over to Daghul asking if he was okay first then looking at the girl said "are you hurt?"

[Oitera]

It was quite strange, Oitera didn't know this was the way it felt to land on rock after falling so far. Then she realised that she had closed her eyes and that she had put her hands in front of her face. She removed them and opened her eyes, but that didn't help, the ground was moving towards her to slow! She had felt the wind when she first started to fall and now it didn't blow her in the face as it did before, strange.

But wait, something had gotten a hold of her. She looked up and realised that it was a bird, but not just any bird. A Wind Eagle! Was it here to tell her she passed the test? But no, it couldn't be, she hadn't made it to the top. With a second look she saw that a man that sat at it's back. Pitty. Then they landed, the Wind Eagle released her and she sat down, trying to get her thoughts together.

"Are you hurt?" The man with the Wind Eagle asked. Oitera looked up at him and then at her hands and knees. Yeah, she hadn't seemed to gotten any more hurt. At least not physically and she knew that that was what the man asked.

"Yeah, I'm okay" Oitera said and stood up, trying to sound as polite as possible. But she couldn't quite get all the sourness out of her voice, she still wasn't sure if this man was a good man or not. But he was an Eagle Rider and that was good enough for now.

[Red Daghul]

Daghul jumped up from the ground letting the thundering sound of his wings flapping take him to a perch just a few feet away as Red studied the girl. It seemed true enough that she looked okay, but there was something in her voice that carried almost a distasteful tone. Confused by the idea the Endal turned to his friend perched just a ways away and sent his thoughts to him.

'She looks unharmed, but I fear there is more to the story here, any thoughts' the Wind Eagle cocked his head to the side and began to form a thought.

'Maybe it is not so much a hurt from the fall in a physical form' the Bird sent insightfully which the theory did seem to make sense with the issues, but then why the sourness towards him not that it really mattered. Looking at the girl who would no doubt be confused about the strange silence going on while the two sent thoughts between their minds Red decided maybe he should get to know more about what was going on.

"We'll that was a close one, you must have a eye for adventure" he said adding a smile and crouching down to meet her on her level in attempt to show friendliness "I'm Red, and that over there is Daghul, what's your name?" The Endal hoped that he could find out what was going on.

[Oitera]

The man seemed away in his thoughts. Odd. Then man bent down so his head was in the hight of hers, she knew he just didn that as a kind gesture, but it irritated her a bit. Sure, it was an Endal and an Eagle Rider, but that still didn't mean he was better than her, just that he had gotten more time and surely a bit of luck.

But he did seem kind, so she faught against the reaction of stepping away from him. When she answered, she did manage to keep her voice polite and normal. Well, at least as she heard it, but her face still revealed a bit of the hate that she had against all unknown men. "I'm not doing it for the adventure. I'm Oitera, nice to meet you Red, Daghul" She nodded at the Eagle as she said it's name. She tried to smile, but she could feel herself that it was more like a grimace of hurt pride, the pain from the small scars at her hands and knees as well as the fear from meeting a unknown man than a smile, so she didn't try for very long.

All the time watching Red, she walked over to the cliff and looked up. She tried to see all the little grips she would use in her next attempt. She glanced over her shoulder to look what Red was doing.

[Red Daghul]

The reaction that the girl had wasn't what he would have guessed she would have. It seemed a mix between distaste towards the Endal, and a sort of respect not two things that normally went together. Never the less he felt that it was his job to make sure she was alright. Watching her move back over to the wall she seemed to both to study the wall and Red.

'I have to say this girl is a mystery to me' Red sent to Daghul who just seemed to watch and examine the girl.

'The girl is just motivated, and wary give her more time' the Bird sent back and Red took a deep breath and rubbed the back of his neck as he started over to the wall.

Standing next to the girl as she seemed to be checking out new holds, and with out looking at her this time but instead studied the wall he tried to ask "may I ask why you are trying to reach the top of this cliff?" He was honest in asking, and his tone was it's soft and gentle normal voice. The Endal hoped the girl would explain her motives in climbing, but the way things were going he wasn't so sure she would.

[Oitera]

The Endal man moved over to the cliff beside her, not looking at her. He seemed surprised over her actions, but he was still behaving and talking gently so she didn't have any reason not to answer. Not any than anyone else would think was a reason. She looked at him, but he was still looking up the cliff. She decided to answer, but not with the truth reason, not yet. She still didn't trust him. She looked over at the Wind Eagle and started to walk towards it while talking.

"I like challenges. Especially if they can lead to..." She had been very close to say that I become an Egale rider, but she stopped and changed her sentence. "...that I am considered as someone brave in the eyes of the youth." Well, that was almost true. Oitera was now standing in front of Daghul. "May I pet you?" She asked the Wind Eagle and when she did, the change in her voice was noticeably. She was now talking with just respect in her voice and her face revealed the same thing. She smiles for the first time while waiting for Daghul's answer, studying his features.